Bat and Ball

Scratch programming concepts covered include:

• Create and draw two sprites.
• Use of the keypress control block and the Change Y motion command for moving the bat when the arrow keys are pressed.
• Use of the move and turn motion blocks to move the ball with a forever control block.
• Use of the if conditional control block and the touching sprite sensing block to discover when the bat hits the ball.
• Use of the random and plus number blocks to help the ball bounce off the bat.
• Import and play a simple sound.

This project might be improved in several ways:

• Use the mouse to control the bat movement.
• Add a second bat for a two player game.
• Add a variable to keep score and add a point each time the bat hits the ball.
• Add a line to represent a goal along the back wall and give the computer a point each time the ball hits the goal.
• And another goal on the opposite wall for the player to score a goal.
• Have two bats controlled by each player.